Paul Ryan Favors Asparagus Over Cake, and Obama

TROY, Mich. - You only have a few minutes with the man who wants to be vice president of the United States. One way to get some answers? Play word association.

In a Roanoke, Va., interview that aired Thursday night, a reporter began by asking the House budget chairman about asparagus and cake, likely because of Ryan's commitment to fitness and healthy eating.

Then the brief interview, which began by highlighting a young engineer's testing the light and sound for the congressman, got a bit more interesting.

"Barack Obama," Salinas said.

"He said he would be one thing, and he's a completely different politician than we thought he would be in 2008," Ryan said. "Hope and change has become attack and blame. He can't run on his record, so he's going to try and distort and distract this country to win by default."

"The hardest you have ever had to do in your personal life as a man, as a father," was the next question.